People used to tell me to my face that I am a saint. In truth, I am a teacher. A teacher who learned early on to hide lavendar throughout the classroom to counteract farts and puberty sweat smells. Yes, a teacher who learned early on…
Category: Official Marathon Prompts
Prompt Thirteen – Aye, Write!
Prompt Thirteen – Text Prompt Describe your profession through a funny/humorous poem. Aye, Write! A Fighter? No no, a writer. I write. You what? I write, you know? Words? Pens? Paper? Well, I never. You write for a living? Not much of a…
Black and White with a Touch of Gray – Hour Thirteen
Black and White with a Touch of Gray Crystal clear and black and white Things seem so cut and dry And yet, sometimes that is not quite The case before one’s eyes More times than not, a touch of gray Is accurate to view As…
3pm. Poem 13. Funny, Silly, Workadays (a 3 stanza tanka plus 7 syllable line)
3pm. Poem 13. Funny, Silly, Workadays (a 3 stanza tanka plus 7 syllable line) Everyday at work someone throws up, pees, or poops and it’s usually on me. Then, they smile their tiny smiles while I clean it all away Everyday at work someone hits,…
2023 Hour 13: Frozen
Prompt: Humorous account of workplace I am settling into a new role in life, Taking on the mantle of reading tutor. Sharing my passion for words and stories, With lovely, eager boys and girls Wearing big bright smiles And wanting so much to please. I…
Hour 12 – In my closet
There are Skeletons in my closet Not the kind you may think There are Ghosts in my closet Not the kind that haunt your dreams There are Monsters in my closet Not the kind from your childhood They’re all waiting in my closet because ITS…
Prompt Twelve – The Stuff of her Life
Prompt for Hour Twelve – Text Prompt Closets are a big deal inside a house, but also metaphorically. One can be in the closet, or come out of it, for example, But they are also places of safety and joy for small children, or where…
Prompt for Hour Thirteen
Text Prompt Describe your profession through a funny/humourous poem. Contributed by Bhasha Dwivedi. Image Prompt Photo by Brandon Wong
Anywhere Outhouse (3 nonets) – Hour 11, Prompt 11
A ragged outhouse, deep in brambles If I enter, clothes be shambles its insides like fire, golden with tons of bright buttons one finger to push feel a great whoosh and a pop time stops door opens outside, new a Venice view not believing eyes…
Prompt 12: in between
in between “it’s in between,” they said when I asked where the centre is in this wandering in wonder but I don’t know if I know what that really means. is it the light or the dark? or neither or both? or all? all…in those…